Sokol v. Mortimer

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE LYONS

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury-verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Bernard H. Sokol and against the defendant, Bernard Mortimer, for $5,000, for an attorney’s fee.

Plaintiff, Bernard H. Sokol, is an attorney at law-licensed to practice in Illinois and the United States District Court and had specialized in the defense of federal tax litigation for approximately seventeen years. Defendant, Bernard Mortimer, was a medical doctor specializing in gynecology.

In April of 1963, the plaintiff was called to defend a case…